Trump expects new golf course to go with a swing

Donald Trump expects his plan for a second golf course on his Scottish coastal estate to go smoothly, avoiding a repeat of an earlier battle with environmental objectors.

The American businessman set out his ambition during a visit to his estate on the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire yesterday.

Mr Trump, travelling with family members, said the second 18-hole course does not impinge on any protected land, unlike the first which controversially covered a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

“None of it is protected territory, in terms of SSSI, and it should go, and has been going, very smoothly,” Mr Trump said during a publicity tour for the course. “Even though many, many golf courses are built in SSSI, we don’t have it in